I am trying to create a website where a user will sign up with a master user name and password, along with their Google analytics. When they log in with the master account they will automatically be logged in to view their GA data ( as well as data from other APIs).
I am currently trying to run HelloAnalytics.php I have created a service account and generated the client secret file. The file is read but I get the following error
"Uncaught exception 'Google_Service_Exception' with message 'Error calling GET https://www.googleapis.com/analytics/v3/management/accounts: (403) User does not have any Google Analytics account
I have read that to fix this you must add the service account email to the GA account you wish to view. I am confused on if this is true and how the service account works as there is only a 1 page guide online. Will all the users who wish to use my website have to add the service account email to their GA accounts? Or am I missing something? Any help will be appreciated.
The point of the service account is that it is not for a person, but for an serverside application (the service).
Your users would authenticate against your service (with whatever authentication scheme you provide yourself), and the service would authenticate against Google Analytics using the credentials from the service account.
The service account needs to be added to all accounts that your service wants to draw data from, as the service account is the "user" for which access is granted.
However it seems you do not need a service account at all; if the users trust you with their data they can provide any email/password combo that is added to their accounts, and you can use that to log in.
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I have created my service account, following the Google documentation as best I can. I created a JSON Key File and have used it successfully to create and refresh my access token, but when I try to call the Google Ads API using that access token I get a 401 with the message "User in the cookie is not a valid Ads user."
I am using a PHP cURL request, not the Google Client library.
My suspicion is that I have something set up incorrectly somewhere between the Master Ad account, the service account and the project in the Google Cloud Console, but I am finding the documentation confusing and unhelpful.
I submitted a question to the Google Ads API google group, and the support person said that my setup looked OK, but also admitted that he cannot see all of it from his end.
I have created the following pieces of the puzzle:
Google Ads Master Account
Developer Token
Project in Google Cloud Console
Service Account in Project
Private Key for Service Account
Set email of Master Ads Account to role of Owner of Service Account
Enabled Domain-Wide Delegation for the Service Account with scope "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/adwords"
Requested and received Access Token with the private key in the JSON file
Please let me know what extra details I should provide to get my issue resolved. Thanks in advance.
My error was that when I created my Access Token, I passed the Gmail account that owns the Google Ads Manager Account to the parameter $sub, but to access Google Ads API the Service Account must impersonate a user in the domain that is registered with the Google Workspace. This point is made in the documentation, but is rather understated.
To fix the issue I granted access to the Google Ads Manager Account to an email account in the Workspace domain, and passed that email address to $sub; now I have made a successful test call to the Google Ads API.
I attach an anonymized summary of my configuration in case it helps anyone who might be reading this in the future.
I have problem using Service Account to authenticate:
putenv('GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS='/path/to/google.json');
$client = new \Google_Client();
$client->addScope(\Google_Service_Drive::DRIVE);
$client->useApplicationDefaultCredentials();
$client->setAccessType('offline');
$client->setSubject('xxx#xxx.com');
But it display error like this:
{
"error": "unauthorized_client",
"error_description": "Client is unauthorized to retrieve access tokens using this method."
}
When I removed
$client->setSubject('xxx#xxx.com');
It works(I have access), but there is other problem, I can't see any files created through application in my google drive(using UI). From what I heard it's just because I use Service Account and it's creating files on his own space where I can have access only through API. I need to have access to files from API and from google drive application too.
Also I need to have access to my google drive without login to my google account(without redirecting user to google login page).
If you could help me with this problem and show some examples I would be very thankful.
You need to remember that a service account is not you. A service account is a dummy user it has its own google drive account. There will be no files on the service acccounts google drive account until you upload them.
There is no web view for a service account.
You can share a folder on your personal google drive account with the service account like you would any other user using the email address. Just make sure to have the serivce account update the permissions or you will have files on your drive account you dont have access to.
the service account can create a folder on its google drive account and share it with you. You should then be able to see it in the web view of your google drive account.
Storage limit of a service account is linked to the owner of the service account not the account it is uploading to.
Service accounts is used to act on behalf a user. You can set the user to be your account. This way, the service account is acting on your behalf and you can see everything (using the UI) got created via you app.
To avoid the error you are facing, ensure that the following is done:
Create Service account using the instructions in the link below. Please note that step number 6 is an important step and don't ignore it. https://support.google.com/a/answer/7378726?hl=en
Once a service account is created, you need to grant that account permissions using G-suite.
Copy the client_id. You can find it in the json file (service account credential file) or Using the Api Console, by going to Credentials > Manage Service Account then 'View Client ID'. Copy the client_id to clipboard
Launch the G-Suite Admin Console
Go to Security>Advanced Settings>Mange API client access.
Paste the client_id in the Client Name field, add the following API scopes and click Authorize:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.group,
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user,
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly,
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
Note: If step 3 is not done, you will get the error you are getting
References:
https://support.google.com/a/answer/7378726?hl=en
https://github.com/sazaamout/gDrive
There are two different types keys for " Service account credentials " JSON and P12
Please, which one is indicated to work with "Google MC Funnels API"?
Either can be used with MFC API. Service account credentials and Oauth2 credentials have nothing to do with the which API you can access. Except with regard to some APIs which don't support service accounts (YouTube API , and blogger to name two). Service account and Oauth2 are all about gaining access to the data you need.
Service account p12 file
Service accounts are used to access data you the developer have access to. If you want to grant someone else access to see your Google Analyitcs data you would use a service account. Setup will require that you take the service account email address and add it as a user at the account level in the google analytics website admin section. it must be the account level.
Oauth authentication Json file
Oauth2 will request a user give your application permission to access their data.
I am using Google Web master tools API v3 for Search Analytics. I am using Service Account to retrieve the analytics. I received following message.
(403) User does not have sufficient permission for site 'http://www.1800medexpress.com/'. See also: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2451999.'
I added Service Account Email address also to the Web Master tools as owner. But still received same error.
I used PHP API Library.
I haven't tried but this should work.
In Webmaster tools for the website in question. upper right hand corner there is a cogwheel click on it go to Users and Property Owners click add a new user button add your service account email address.
Then try and run your code.
Service accounts need to be granted access to the data just like you would any other user by default they don't have access to your data.
Update:
By checking the documentation we can see that it is in fact possible to use a Service account with webmaster tools api it just needs to be set up properly. It may be an issue with your code or how you have set it up. Clod should probably be simlar to this. Service account with Google Calendar
A service account is used in an application that calls APIs on behalf
of an application that does not access user information. This type of
application needs to prove its own identity, but it does not need a
user to authorize requests. The Google Accounts documentation contains
more details about service accounts.
My boss registered an Google Analytics account and shared his website Analytics account with me.
Now I have the authority to see all data about the website. I want to use the Google Analytics API to request data from Google Analytics with my php script.
Authorization is done without any problems, until the script tries to access data. The return code is 403, and error message is :
User does not have any Google Analytics account。
This will depend on what method of authentication you are using.
Oauth2:
When your PHP script pops up and asks a user to authenticate the Google account the user users to authenticate must have access to a Google analytics account. In this case it doesn't. Note: the user is only going to be able to see there own Google Analytics data not date for your website unless your boss goes and grants them access as well.
service account:
In the event you are using a service account to authenticate. The service account by default doesn't have access to any Google Analytics accounts you need to grant it access just like your boss granted you access. Take the service account email address from Google Developer console and add it at the ACCOUNT level it must be the ACCOUNT level to the Google Analytics website. then the service account will have access to the data for that account.